Timetable information
Departure data for this station is not available on this site.
Location
History
Naka-Karuizawa Station opened on 15 July 1910 as Kutsukake Station on the Imperial Government Railways' Shin'etsu Line, and was renamed Naka-Karuizawa on 10 April 1956. After JNR privatisation in 1987 the station passed to JR East, then to the third-sector Shinano Railway on 1 October 1997 when the Hokuriku Shinkansen Takasaki–Nagano section opened. The current elevated station building entered service on 20 July 2012, and the adjoining Karuizawa-town community facility "Kutsukake Terrace" opened on 1 April 2013. Suica IC-card service began on 14 March 2026, the same day the staffed window closed and the station became unmanned.
Notes
The station building is integrated with "Kutsukake Terrace," a Karuizawa town community facility that houses the town's Naka-Karuizawa Library.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 663highland · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18